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Lot 508
An attractive and impressive gold medallion, obv bust left with legend Frances Chelmsford (Sc 1919 by Allan G Wyon), reverse native script border, central field engraved “Jean Cooper 1921-22”, EF, (edge with old gold test mark, retested high carat), in Calcutta Mint case of issue. Diam 1½”. weight 60gm.Plate 2 Note: Jean Cooper, born 27.4.1899 in Benares to Wm E and Eliza C Cooper who were missionaries with the Baptist Missionary Society. Jean Cooper was a student at the Lady Harding Medical College Delhi from 1916-23 when she was awarded the Lady Chelmsford gold medal for being the most promising student 1921-2. The inscription is from a poem by a Turkish poet and translates “However much you acquire wisdom, if you don’t use it you are still ignorant”.
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Lot 947
[CHURCHILL WINSTON S.]: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. A bronze medallion issued for the Liberation of France, 1945, by Pierre Turin and featuring a bust of Churchill, wearing uniform coat and cap, the verso with Churchill arms and legend, 67mm diameter, as struck and enclosed in the original circular card box of issue. VG
Lot 442
IVOR ROBERT JONES (1913-1996): A BRONZE PORTRAIT BUST of Augustus John, numbered 4/20, on a marble base, 10?" high. See illustrationProvenance: Private Collection, Bath. Ivor Robert Jones (1913-1996) is best known for the sculpture of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square installed in 1971. His career included teaching at Goldsmiths and exhibiting at the Royal Academy. This tender portrait study of Augustus John, produced in an edition of 20, is amongst his better known work.
Lot 444
MARY SPENCER WATSON: A COLLECTION OF ARTISTS MAQUETTES and plaster models including a plaster bust of a child`s head, 14" high and an anatomical figure of a man (a lot)Provenance: The Estate of the late Mary Spencer Watson, Dunshay Manor. Mary Spencer Watson (1913-2006). The daughter of the successful artist and Royal Academician, George Spencer Watson, and Avant-garde Mime artist Hilda, Mary Spencer Watson was one of the last centuries most successful sculptors. Discovering sculpture in its most immediate form amongst the stonecutters of the Purbeck Hills, Mary first experienced the thrill of carving when a local Quarry owner lent her some tools. After a long training, first at the Slade and the Royal Academy Schools, then a more specific sculpture study followed with John Skeaping at the Central of School of Art. It was during this period that she absorbed the then prevailing notion of truth to materials and direct carving. Maryís sculpture developed quickly, and after a spell working with Ossip Zadkine in Paris she went on to have a highly successful career working from Dunshay Manor. Maryís first solo exhibition was held, appropriately, at the Mansard Gallery at Helas of Tottenham Court Road, in 1937. This current sculpture was part of this exhibition. The Mansard Gallery reflected Ambrose Heal`s personal interest in the arts, and became something of a home for the ëLondon Groupí of artists for a short period. A non-commercial venture, the gallery focused more on the decorative arts following the mid 1920ís and Maryís exhibition will have fitted well into the mix of fashionable and well selected work of the period. ëWoman With a Bookí at 92cms high is a powerful and confident work, the figure, with head in hand, is a striking example of mid 1930ís sculpture. Bold in conception, but not overly adorned with ornament, the lines are reminiscent of the best work of the period without being a slavish or uninspired reworking of prevailing concerns. When looking at this work it is hard to understand why until recent years her work was so little known in artistic circles. In later life Mary spent most of her time working in Purbeck stone, and produced many sculptures that have adorned both public and private spaces. Most notably the four figures in the north porch of Wells Cathedral and more locally the ëPurbeck Quarrymaní in the churchyard at Langton Matravers, show Maryís mature and confident later work.
Lot 852
John Henry Mole VPRI 1814-1886- Study of a young seated child and standing infant; watercolour, signed and dated 1847, 26x19cm: British School early 19th century, Portrait Miniature- A Young Child, bust-length, wearing a white shawl; opaque colour on ivory, in an ebonised oval frame, 6x4cm: An European 18/19th century Silhouette- A figure beneath an ornate and decorated canopy, surmounted with a crown: British School c.1848- Portrait of a woman, bust-length, pencil, initialed and dated 1848 and one other portrait miniature of a young girl initialed LR, in a gilt mounted rectangular ebonised frame and others, (8) (unframed)
Lot 863
Circle of Francois Hubert Drouais, French, 1727-1775, Portrait Miniature- A Lady, bust-length in a blue dress trimmed with white lace, her brown hair swept up beneath a lace cap; oval, 4x3.5cm: European School 18/19th century- Portrait on porcelain plaque Louis XVI- A lady, bust-length in monochrome, (2)
Lot 864
English School, Circa 1830, Portrait Miniature- Lady Theresa Strangeways, bust-length, wearing a white dress with high collar, white bonnet trimmed with blue ribbon and depicted under a blue and white clouded summer sky; A gentleman, wearing a dark coat, tied white stock and natural brown hair, both in Gilt-mounted rectangular papier-mâché frames, 12x10cm, (2)
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